VLM Airlines
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Hopefully not burn money on other routes that attracted the interest of the Lufthansa group soon after Intersky launched them and not waste money on swanky new ATR72s....
Additionally, one would assume that a nice incentive package has been put on the table by the airport as the folks down there were quite shocked about the loss of those core routes as they had operated for almost 30 years when Intersky went under.
Additionally, one would assume that a nice incentive package has been put on the table by the airport as the folks down there were quite shocked about the loss of those core routes as they had operated for almost 30 years when Intersky went under.
Join Date: Dec 2015
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Hope they are doing well in FDH, but cannot understand why it is just possible to book the tickets from 11th January.
If they get the same load factor like Intersky it wouldn't be that bad:
Average load factors last 12 months:
Düsseldorf 28 PAX (56%)
Hamburg 37 PAX (74%)
Berlin 40 PAX (80%)
Due to the reason that Intersky return flights cost at least 198€ and VLM return flights start with 159€ it may possible that they get the same or also a better load factor. The first weeks will be difficult I guess because ticket selling just starts 4 weeks before the flights are starting. We'll see.
If they get the same load factor like Intersky it wouldn't be that bad:
Average load factors last 12 months:
Düsseldorf 28 PAX (56%)
Hamburg 37 PAX (74%)
Berlin 40 PAX (80%)
Due to the reason that Intersky return flights cost at least 198€ and VLM return flights start with 159€ it may possible that they get the same or also a better load factor. The first weeks will be difficult I guess because ticket selling just starts 4 weeks before the flights are starting. We'll see.
Join Date: Aug 2014
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How are routes performing from waterford, and also the Rotterdam and Southampton routes, Southampton started so badly but vlm stuck with it, its interesting that they've pulled the plug on bhx so soon, Geneva was a poor performer anyways.
route suggestion
I can think of lots of individual routes that might be suitable for VLM, but I'm struggling to pull them together into a coherent profitable strategy which involves VLM having a small number of bases instead of aircraft and staff spread thinly in lots of different places.
Am I perhaps being a little too closed minded in my opinion on VLM ?
Am I perhaps being a little too closed minded in my opinion on VLM ?
Join Date: Aug 2013
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Is there not an opportunity for them to build on what they've started at Luton? There are other routes both domestically and into Europe that could support an F50 type aircraft - Guernsey springs to mind along with destinations in France & perhaps Belgium too?
